Beef Tips (Slow Cooker + IP)

Making Beef Tips just got even easier when made in your crockpot or instant pot! This easy dump and go recipe for beef tips and rice gives you fall-apart-tender and juicy steak tips with a brown gravy that is super comforting. Get ready to watch your family fight for seconds!

This recipe is part of myDump it ’til it’s hot series of dump recipes. It’s all about making delicious food with minimal prep, no pre-cooking, the ability to freeze for a good make-ahead meal. And trust me when I say, easy never tasted so good!

Beef Tips Recipe

These crockpot beef tips (or instant pot!) are the epitome of comfort food. My family loves a stick-to-your-bones beef tips and and gravy on a chilly night. This delicious brown gravy makes the perfect topped for a bed of white rice, egg noodles or potatoes, making this a classic we keep coming back to.

But since this is made in the slow cooker and instant pot, making this steak tips recipe couldn’t be easier. After some basic assembly, you just throw them into the crockpot or electric pressure cooking and let that do all the work for you. And you can also assemble and freeze for a busy night when you don’t want the extra hassle of coming up with dinner ideas!

Tips for making Beef Tips

When cutting up the beef, try to cut against the grain as much as possible. And be sure to trim as much fat and gristle as you can.

If you don’t like cooking with alcohol, you can always substitute additional beef broth.

If using the instant pot, be sure to do at least 10 minutes of natural pressure release before quick releasing, to tenderize the meat.

You can thicken the gravy with a cornstarch slurry on the saute setting of the instant pot or by adding a slurry to the slow cooker for the last 30 minute of cook time and raising the heat to high for that period.

What is the best kind of meat for making beef tips?

Many people like to use stew beef because it’s cheap and easy, but I prefer to use sirloin steak that I cut up. In my opinion it’s a better cut of beef and cutting it myself allows me to control the size and try to keep all the chunks around the same size for even cooking. You could also ask your butcher to cut the steaks for you to save you the time.

How do you cook beef tips so they’re tender?

The beauty of this particular recipe is the equipment you’re using. Both the slow cooker and the instant pot will make the steak tips fall-apart-tender! Let the machine do the work for you.

What are beef tips?

Originally they are pieces of the sirloin or the tenderloin that are too small to be part of the steak. For all intents and purposes of this recipe, they’re chunks of sirloin steak in a delicious brown gravy.

What are the ingredients for Beef Tips?

Sirloin steak, cut into chunks

Onion

Garlic

Beef broth

Red wine

Worcestershire sauce

Soy sauce

Water

Thyme

Kosher salt

Black pepper

Mushrooms

Cornstarch

How to make beef tips

Since this is a dump and go recipe, the process is quite simple:

Cut the sirloin steak in 1 1/2 inch chunks

Cut all the vegetables

Place all ingredients into the slow cooker or Instant Pot

Cover and cook for the allotted time

Thicken with a cornstarch slurry (either towards the end of cooking time for the crockpot or after pressure cooking on the saute setting for the Instant Pot).

Serve over rice and devour!

Beef Tips Recipe Upgrades

Although this is designed to be a dump-and-go recipe, here are a few “upgrades” you can make if you have a little extra time on your hands and don’t mind doing a small amount of extra work. You don’t have to do them to have a delicious meal, but they will make this recipe come out even more delicious:

Sear the beef chunks before placing it into the slow cooker (if you’re using an instant pot, you can do this on the saute setting).

Serve over white rice, egg noodles or mashed potatoes with a crusty slice of bread and a sprinkle of fresh parsley.

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Making Beef Tips just got even easier when made in your crockpot or instant pot! This easy dump and go recipe for beef tips and rice gives you fall-apart-tender and juicy steak tips with a brown gravy that is super comforting. Get ready to watch your family fight for seconds!

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